Category Archives: Local News
County roads on DOT paving list
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — More than 15 miles of roads in Pickens County are slated to receive work from the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
On May 18, SCDOT’s Commission approved the agency’s 2024 Pavement Improvement Program.
The 2024 program adds another $775 million to the $2.8 billion previously invested in paving improvements across the state since the agency’s Strategic 10-Year Plan was implemented, according to a release from SCDOT.
“When we implemented the Strategic 10-Year Plan in 2018, we set out to make significant
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Miracle Man
Mark Holliday strode casually to the pulpit at Mount Tabor Baptist Church last Sunday, and, amazingly, it seemed as though he had never been gone.
You never would’ve known by looking at him that Mark, a deacon at Mount Tabor and a high school teacher who coaches wrestling and 
football, had been walking through the valley of the shadow of death for nearly four months.
You never would have guessed that he had “died” (the term used by a hospital chaplain) seven times in 40 days. How’s that for a feat of biblical proportions!
It’s no wonder that many of the thousands of people who’ve been praying for him are calling him a Miracle Man.
This was his triumphant return to church after all that.
Based on what I’d heard, I half expected that his wife would wheel him out there, prop him up and let him wheeze out a
DAR holds annual Students Awards Day
COUNTY — The Fort Prince George Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) gave out 11 awards to Pickens County students at its annual Student Awards Day.
More than 60 family members and friends of the award winners joined the chapter for the ceremony. East End Elementary fifth-grader Ava
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Pickens County Community Calendar 5-31-23
• Veterans invited to American Legion
Veterans in the Liberty area are invited to the next meeting of American Legion Post 67 in Liberty. The Legion meets on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Scout Hut, circle off North Palmetto Street. All veterans are invited.
• Nix reunion set for Sunday at Northside
The descendants of Ulysses and Lou Annie Monroe Nix will gather for the annual Nix reunion this Sunday, June 4.
The reunion is set to be held at Northside Baptist Church, located at 421 Sangamo Road in Pickens. Lunch will be at 1 p.m.
Plates, cups and ice will be furnished, and family members are asked to bring covered dishes, desserts and drinks.
5-year-old dies after falling from car
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A 5-year-old boy died last week after falling from a moving vehicle in Easley.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Axel Garcia of Easley.
The incident happened at 6:20 p.m. May 16 on Highway 192 near Grant Valley Road, 2.3 miles east of Easley, according to Lance Cpl. Lena
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Pickens rejects FEMA funding
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — City administrator Charlene Carter acknowledged the request before Pickens City Council members was an unusual one.
An item on council’s May 8 meeting agenda was a motion to rescind a request, obligation and award
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Man, 21, found shot to death in Clemson
CLEMSON — Clemson police are still investigating after an Anderson man was found shot to death at an apartment complex on Old 
Greenville Highway early Saturday morning.
Clemson Police Chief Jorge Campos had no update Monday afternoon on the investigation into the death of the man, identified by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office as 21-year-old Logan
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One hurt in Easley shooting
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a man injured last week.
According to a release from Chief Deputy Chuck James, the sheriff’s office was notified at 6:38 p.m. May 17 about a possible shooting in the 800 block of Pelzer Highway in Easley.
James said that as deputies were responding to the scene, officials from Prisma Health Baptist Easley called saying a person had been dropped off at the hospital with an apparent
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Wreck claims life of Greenville man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — A 59-year old man died after a single-car wreck last week.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as David Smith of Greenville.
The accident occurred at 9:08 a.m. May 17 on Simms School Road near Mill Pine Road, approximately 1.5 miles east of Central, according to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The accident occurred as Smith was driving a 2014 Subaru sedan north on Simms School Road, he said.
The car went off the right side of the road, striking a utility pole before overturning, Ridgeway said.
Wilson said Smith was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force trauma.
The Highway Patrol is investigating.
DHEC still giving out free at-home COVID-19 tests
COLUMBIA — Though the federal public health emergency status for COVID-19 ended this month, the S.C. Department of Health and 
Environmental Control (DHEC) has restocked its inventory of free tests.
The agency announced the new kits contain two tests and don’t expire until the
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